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Who Decides How the Oppressed Should Fight Oppression?
An American activist once gave me a book she had written that detailed her experiences in Palestine. The largely visual volume documented her journey in the occupied West Bank, …
Clyburn Will Get House Post, Avoiding Democratic Spat
Washington — Speaker Nancy Pelosi will create a new leadership post for Rep. Jim Clyburn as Democrats prepare to cede control of the House of Representatives to Republicans in …
The Missing Immigration Debate
Chicago - If I were a member of the third largest minority group in the United States, I'd be really frustrated that the immigration issue continues to be discussed …
Burma: After Suu Kyi’s Release, Dangerous Time Sets in
Bangkok - A dilapidated colonial villa on the banks of the Inya Lake in Rangoon, Burma’s largest city, has regained its identity as a home – instead of a …
William Rivers Pitt | A Small Fraction of a Man
George W. Bush was all over my television this past week, all over the newspapers, and the feelings inspired by his sudden reappearance are almost beyond my capacity to …
The Photographic Look at the People of California’s Central Valley: Toolville and Its Bad Water
Toolville, California - Toolville is a tiny colonia, or unincorporated and informal settlement of about a hundred families, in the rural San Joaquin Valley, just a couple of miles …
Delegitimizing Public Education
The quality of American education is going to get worse. Count on it. And contrary to the conventional wisdom, the main reason isn’t going to be the loss of …
The Real ClimateGate: Why the IPCC Stands Stronger Than Ever (Part 2)
In part 1, we showed that the University of East Anglia climate “email scandal” was nothing but a colossal waste of time that proved only the hysterical idiocy of …
Simon Johnson | G20: Profound and Complete Disappointment for the US Treasury
Early Friday I went through the G20 communique for the Wall Street Journal; a marked up copy is available on-line. It is hard to imagine how the summit could …
Shocking State Fair Scandal, Wage Theft Epidemic, Spur Nationwide Protests
Activists in more than 30 cities, organized by Interfaith Workers Justice and backed by labor groups, are staging a National Day of Action Against Wage Theft on November 18.